albion by colin halliday

C O L I N H A L L I D A Y

A L B I O N July 7 - 26, 2012

Colin Halliday has exhibited extensively across London and the rest of the UK and is best known for contemporary landscape paintings in oil and acrylic. His

artwork features regularly in British art publications and private and public collections. Halliday is represented by GX in London and has received public com-

missions including: Macmillan Trust, Earl of Scarborough and the NHS. Born in Carlisle in 1964, Colin studied at Cumbria College of Art & Design and then

completed his BA(hons) in Fine Art at Exeter University. ALBION refers to ancient name for Great Britain, a land revered for its great beauty and lush land-

scape....As an artist Halliday is inspired by what is felt when immersed in nature, and by his surroundings in Cumbria. These new works have evolved from

his studies of the area and further develop on the explorations of Old Masters such as Turner and Constable with expressive bold brushstrokes, building on

observations and technique and the use of layering and medium to relate the observations of a scene.

“The timeless quality of the landscape as a subject fascinates me and for that reason I do not include figures or buildings so that one cannot place it in a

time. When walking somewhere remote one has no real reference to the modern world you could literally be seeing what people saw hundreds of years ago.

Indeed with some subjects such as a river one could also be anywhere in England. There are specific locations I paint but what really drives me to paint there

is the beauty of the scene and the mood it conveys. I try to find a balance between painting what I see and what feels right and looks good on the surface

of my painting. Based on observation yes but with marks and gestures to remind you that what you are looking at is an object in its own right it is not “ The

landscape “ it is a painting. I strive for an honesty in my work and paint what I feel moved by without a thought for the viewer or it would start to be about

trying to please people and looking for praise when art should be about something much more fundamental and deep felt. By painting landscapes one is not

distracted by meaning or story, there is no preaching or high intellect rather a vehicle for expressing emotion and speaking of the eternal.” - Colin Halliday

Front cover: Vista, oil on canvas, 71 x 99 centimetres, £3500Left page: Colin HallidayThis page: Studio

An English Landscapeoil on canvas68 x 81 centimetres£3200

Sunshine Breaking Throughoil on canvas 41 x 41 cmSOLD

Passoil on canvas31 x 31 centimetres£800

Witness oil on canvas61 x 76 centimetres£2800

Passing Stormoil on canvas 76 x 86 centimetres£3500

Bluebellsacrylic on canvas76 x 102 centimetres£4000

Bluebells Study IIoil on canvas31 x 31 cm£800

Secret Pooloil on canvas107 x 381 centimetres£15,000

Reflectionsoil on canvas31 x 81 centimetres£2,000

River Study1oil on canvas13 x 18 centimetres£450

River Study IIoil on canvas 18 x 13 centimetres£450

Autumn Treeoil on canvas18 x 13 centimetres£450

Snowoil on canvas61 x 127 centimetres£5000

April Snowoil on canvas117 x 112 centimetres£6000

Summer Rainoil on canvas41 x 41 centimetres£1200

Wast Wateroil on canvas41 x 41 centimetres£1200

Wast Water, Passing Stromoil on canvas62 x 76 centimetres£2800

Moorlandoil on canvas31 x 81 centimetres£2000

Autumn Moorlandoil on canvas31 x 61 centimetres£1600

Borrowdaleoil on canvas107 x 127 centimetres£6000

River Sunsetoil on canvas71 x 51 centimetresSOLD

Closeoil on canvas31 x 31 centimetres£800

Snow and Sunoil on canvas76 x 76 centimetres£2200

Colin Halliday

Born: 1964, LondonLives: Derbyshire

1989-92 - BA (Honours) Fine Art, Exeter 1987-88 - Foundation Course in Fine Art, Carlisle

Selected Solo Shows

2012 Albion, GX Gallery, London2011 GX Gallery, London2010 From Pastoral to Sublime, GX Gallery, London2009 The Elements, GX Gallery, London 2008 The Romantic North, GXgallery, London Back to Nature, Start Space, London 2007 A Sense of Place, GXgallery, London, UK 2006 “English Landscapes” GXgallery, London, UK 2005 “The Smoke and the water” GXgallery, London, UK 2004 Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, Pilg rim st. London (represented by Collyer Bristow) “ From City to Sea” GXgallery, London, UK 2003 GXgallery, London, UK 2002 The Walk Gallery, London, UK 2001 “Lost Wilderness”, Blyth Gallery, Manchester, UK 2000 “The Twenty First Century Landscape”, Sutton House, Hack ney, London, UK “Aretrospective”, The Walk Gallery, London, UK “The Promised Land”, Harrow Arts Club, London, UK 1999 “Future Landscapes” Knapp Gallery, Regent’s College, London, UK “Landscape in Consciousness”, The One Below Gallery, Telegraph Hill, London “Landscape in Consciousness”, Grey College, Durham, UK 1997 “Fools Paradise”, The Sun and Doves, Camberwell, London, UK 1994 “Somewhere between preservation and destruction”, Carnegie Arts Cen tre, Workington, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, GX Gallery, London2008 Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate 2007 Open Spaces, Ridgeway Gallery, Bakewell 2005 “Life in the city”, Wills Art Warehouse, London, UK 2004 “Escape”, Wills Art Warehouse, London, UK 2004 Artspace at Worcester, UK 2004 Artspace at Navestock, Essex, UK 2003 “Life in the City”, Wills Art Warehouse, London, UK 2003 Group Show, Enid Lawson, London, UK 2003 Webbs Marine Gallery, Battersea, London, UK 2002 “Life in the City”, Wills Art Warehouse, Parson’s Green, London, UK 2001 Thomas Corman Fine Art, Ashurst Morris and Crisp, Broadbalk House, London EC1, UK 2001 Summer Show, Art Attack, Hoxton Square, London, UK 1998 “The Magic Place” (Joint Show with Matthew Sibley) Islington Arts Fac tory, London, UK 1997 “The Goose Green Open” Dulwich Picture Gallery (selected by Tom Philips), London, UK 1994 Summer Show, Burlington New Gallery, London, UK 1993 “The Lake Artists Society”, Grasmere, Cumbria, UK 1992 “Sign V Symbol”, Space X Gallery, Exeter, UK

Commissions

Macmillan Trust Earl of Scarbrough Cancer suite Rotherham NHS

Private Collections

Adrian Lester Helen Mirren Owen Teale

Back Cover: Borrowdale, Study, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 31 centimetres,£800

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